Wei Lai withdrew his hand that had been placed on the door of the mansion in chagrin and regret.

He sorted out his thoughts, looked up at the top of his head, and said softly: "There is an important matter in this trip, which is related to the life and death of one of my friends, and I hope that Mr. Lu will do it conveniently." ”

"It's a matter of life and death? That's a big deal. The old man's voice sounded again, and before Wei Lai could reply, a figure suddenly condensed in front of Wei Lai's eyes.

But it was an old man in a black robe.

Wei Lai saw that Lu Ze'an's body and mind were tight, but his face was silent.

"Is it the fellow who is afraid that my Boundless Academy will implicate you?" the old man took in all the changes in the expression on Wei Lai's face, and said leisurely.

Wei Lai was about to shake his head, but he heard the old man say again: "It's okay, today's matter is a dispute between big countries, far more than implicating others, not to mention that the old man can see clearly that Her Royal Highness the eldest princess was held hostage by Xiaoyou, but it is a matter of willingness." ”

"Let's go, take a walk with the old man. ”

So saying, the old man took a step and walked into the street.

Wei Lai frowned, although what he wanted in his heart was very different from what the old man said, but the other party was the Great Sage of the Eight Sects, no matter how unhappy he was, it was impossible for him to disobey the other party's will at this time, not to mention that whether or not he could rescue Lu Yan'er on this trip depended on the other party's mood.

Thinking of this, Wei Lai could only stubbornly keep up with the other party's pace.

......

Speaking of which, Xiaoyou may not believe it, since the day Xiaoyou walked into Boundless Academy, Lao Yu noticed Xiaoyou. ”

"I can't say why, just at a glance, I feel that Xiaoyou is very kind, as if I have known Xiaoyou a long time ago. ”

The two of them walked one after the other on the deserted streets of the inner city of Boundless Academy, and the old man said with some chatter in his mouth as he walked. The tone was calm, as if the old man in the family was pulling the family for the younger generations who had been out for a long time and chatting about trivial matters.

Wei Lai's face changed slightly when he heard this, and after thinking for a while, he still asked, "I don't know if my predecessor knows an old man named Lu Changshou?"

Wei Lai's question was somewhat abrupt, but what the old man said just now made Wei Lai can't help but think of the first time he saw the old man before, the image of the old man overlapped with the image of Lu Changsleeve in the illusion he saw, so that he subconsciously shouted out Lu Changsleeve's name.

Originally, Wei Lai wanted to investigate the matter together, but after such a change, Wei Lai had no time and mood to solve the matter, so he simply asked when he had the opportunity.

Lu Ze'an was slightly stunned when he heard this, Wei Lai thought that he had an eyebrow on this matter, but the next moment Lu Ze'an shook his head: "Who is this person?" I thought about it carefully, and it seems that I have never heard of this person......

Seeing this, Wei Lai couldn't help but feel a little lost in his heart, after all, everything in that illusion, although Wei Lai had never mentioned it to anyone, he faintly realized that the illusion involved a big secret that ordinary people could hardly imagine.

Especially after confirming the existence of Lu Yan'er, Wei Lai became more and more convinced of such speculation.

If you want to save Lu Yan'er, you still need to start from everything that happened in the Qingying Academy, but it's a pity that Lu Ze'an in front of him can't provide Wei Lai with any useful information.

Although Wei Lai felt regretful, it was not good to dwell on this issue.

He said: "It's just an old man who wants to find out his whereabouts." ”

Lu Ze'an didn't think much about it, and only said: "In this case, in the future, I will let my disciples know this name a few times, and if there is any news, I will definitely inform Xiaoyou." ”

Wei Lai secretly felt strange in his heart when he heard this, he said to the dean of the Boundless Academy that it was a bit suspicious of climbing high branches when they met in Pingshui, and what he did today also disrupted the plan of the Boundless Academy, but not only was there no hostility in the other party's words, but there was a lot of kindness.

Could it be true that with a little vision, it is possible to do this?

Wei Lai was vigilant, but he said in his mouth: "In this way, I have thanked my predecessors for their kindness." ”

The old man walking in front stopped his steps when he heard this, looked back at Wei Lai, who was respectfully saluting him, shook his head, and said with a smile: "Xiaoyou still doesn't believe in the old words. ”

"Senior......" Wei Lai was stunned and was about to argue.

The old man waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, I have heard a little about Xiaoyou's life, and it is understandable that Xiaoyou is cautious in such a dangerous situation to achieve such an achievement today." Come up and walk with me, the old man still has some things to talk about with Xiaoyou. ”

"Of course, it's not in vain to waste your little friend's time, let's finish this journey, the old man can let you go to see your old friend, and then whether you go or stay, the old man will not stop it, it all depends on the little friend's mind. Even the imperial court can write a letter for Xiaoyou, at least to ensure that Xiaoyou can return to Ningzhou safely. How?"

After the old man said that, he looked at Wei Lai with a smile, waiting for Wei Lai's answer.

Wei Lai naturally couldn't refuse such a generous condition for the old man, and of course, there was no way to think about how he would deal with himself if the old man deceived him, after all, from the moment this Eight Great Sage discovered Wei Lai, Wei Lai lost the right to talk to him on an equal footing.

He said no more, and walked to the old man's side, and walked side by side with him.

......

The inner city of the Boundless Academy is all square, from the outer disciples' residences, to the various gentlemen's mansions, and then the inner is the Xue Palace, which is connected by two streets that run through the east and west and north and south, and then links each other by three square circular streets.

Wei Lai and Lu Ze'an are in the middle street of the inner city at the moment.

Seeing Wei Lai coming to his side, Lu Ze'an took another step and asked, "What do you think of today's events?"

"The policy of the last dynasty, Wei Lai barbarian little king, dare not discuss. Wei Lai responded.

"Shang Chao? Barbarian?" Lu Ze'an, who heard this, shook his head with a smile, and then said, "This is not what you are talking about. ”

"How so?" Wei Lai asked rhetorically.

"If you think that Da Chu is really a dynasty, Ningzhou is really a barbarian, today's incident is a trouble, what you have to do is not to find a way to get out and return to Ningzhou, but to please Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, and then it is best to present your Ningzhou letter, with the attitude of the eldest princess towards you, from now on, you will be rich and rich in Da Chu, not to mention, your Ningzhou can also avoid a disaster, and the country and the people will be safe from now on. Lu Ze'an said with a smile, and then suddenly paused, and then looked at Wei Lai and said calmly: "But Xiaoyou didn't do this." ”

Wei Lai was not surprised that the other party could penetrate his own careful thoughts, and he said, "Sir just wants to hear the truth so much?"

"Since more than ten years ago, I sat on the throne of the dean of this boundless college, and I have heard countless flatteries, all saying that readers are the most reasonable guys in the world, but in fact, for many people, reading is not for reason, but for their own desires to be higher and more grandiose, so Boundless Academy is actually the most lying place in the world. ”

"I used to think it was good, but as I heard more, I wanted to hear the truth. ”

"Let's talk about it, what do you think of Da Chu's decision today. ”

Wei Lai pondered for a while and said: "The fate of Emperor Hantian is still vivid, the great war in the north was devastated, and the people in Great Chu were also struggling to make a living. ”

"Mr. has read poetry and books, knows history and reason, and should know the right and wrong of this matter better than me. What's more, this incident happened in the Boundless Academy, and Mr. was aware of it, and the decision was also made by Mr. himself. Sir already has the answer in his heart, so why ask me?"

Wei Lai's words were not polite, but Lu Ze'an, who heard this, did not show too much displeasure, but continued.

"You are the King of Wei in Ningzhou, I am the dean of Wuya Academy, and he is the emperor of Great Chu. ”

"To put it mildly, we are all in high positions, and a single thought can change the fate of hundreds or thousands of people, so the more this time, the more important the decision is for us, more than the method. ”

"You know what I mean?"

Wei glanced at the old man beside him, he still had a warm smile on his face, and then the old man's footsteps suddenly stopped and looked up at him.

Wei Lai was stunned for a moment and followed the old man's gaze to look at that place, where was the Boundless Learning Palace.

Today afternoon, the news that will shock the north in a few days began here, and at this moment the lights in the school palace are bright, and the sound of writing and whispering is endless.

"These letters will be sent out of the academy early tomorrow morning to the various parts of the North. The old man's voice sounded again, but there was a little more melancholy than in his previous tone.

"They were all great men, with their own disciples and influences everywhere, and their words, though not enough to shake the foundations of the North, were enough to sow the seeds of their kingdom. ”

"When the Great Chu Iron Rider arrives, the root of the bane will have to sprout, grow, and grow into a towering tree......"

"Li Chengfeng is a smart man, smarter than everyone he knows, what he wants to do is no different from the first emperor, but the means are much more clever, so Lao Yu thinks he can succeed. ”

Wei Lai frowned, out of the martial arts to the extreme, the rest of the countries in the north follow Confucianism and Taoism, and the people who participated in the Confucian Conference this time are all prestigious Confucian and Taoist masters in various countries, and their letters are indeed enough to shake the hearts of the people in their respective countries, but based on this alone, it is concluded that he can do what the Great Chu in his heyday did not do, will he be too self-righteous, or ......

Da Chu still has hole cards that have not been revealed......

"It's really done, is it worth dying so many people?" Wei Laihu asked.

This was probably the first question he took the initiative to ask after meeting the old man.

"Are you finally going to tell the truth?" said the old man, and continued to walk into the distance.

"I've heard of your father, his name is Wei Shou, right?"

"Hmm. Wei Lai nodded in response.

"He was very famous in our northern realm in the early years, and his cultivation talent aside, his articles are extremely well written, and his insights are unique, even in the Boundless Academy, there are many people who have read it......"

Lu Ze'an said: "He believes in the way of sages, and he has a great future, as long as he is willing to devote himself to practicing for another ten years, he should be able to touch the lintel of the eighth divine gate." ”

But at that time, Ningzhou's situation was already unbearable, and Yan Ting's actions against Ningzhou had evolved from the past to the open. Your father left the Qingying Academy at that time, and you know better than me what happened after that. Do you think your father did the right thing?"

Wei Lai's brows furrowed a little deeper after hearing this, he didn't like others to talk about his father's rights and wrongs, this was applicable to anyone. He said in a deep voice: "What's wrong with saving the country and the people?"

Of course, Lu Ze'an heard the unhappiness in Wei Lai's words, and he said: "Hehe, the old man has lost his words, then the old man has changed his question, and Xiaoyou thinks that Mr. Wei will have a better way to save the country and save the people?"

"What do you mean?" Wei Lai asked.

"Mr. Wei's way to save the country and the people is to become an official in the court, but how much can he help if Jiang Huanshui can't do it? In the end, he became the magistrate of a city, and it is true that he has made good political achievements in those years, and he has also kept the people in that city living and working in peace and contentment for several years, but what about after that? As soon as he dies and Lu Guanshan dies, won't Wupan City still fall into the fate of a city drowning and people drowning?"

"Xiaoyou listened to me say this, and he must have felt that the old man was like a river and talking on paper, but did the prince ever think that if Mr. Wei could practice in the Qingying Academy for more than ten years with peace of mind, touch that realm, and rush back to Yan Ting, what he wanted to do at that time, not to mention that he could completely fulfill his wishes, but at least with the power of Yan Ting, there was no way to ignore the existence of an eight-gate great sage. Many people may have died in the past ten years, but after more than ten years, he can save a hundred or a thousand times more people than in the small Wupan City......"

Hearing this, Wei Lai's face changed, and his expression was a little dazed.

Seeing this scene, Lu Ze said quietly: "Only the puppet will care about the momentary gains and losses in front of him, and the more he is in a high position, the more long-term his vision will be. ”

"As the old man said before, for those of us in our position, the decision is often more important than the method. ”

"Great Chu is a great soldier, Xiaoyou knows, I also know, Emperor Chu naturally also knows that the northern border will inevitably set off a bloody storm because of this move. ”

"But whether it's bloody rain or the devastation of life, it's just a short-term gain or loss in front of you. ”

"In the long run, the northern territory will be unified, and there will be no more disputes between those soldiers, and the merit will be in the ......future generations."

When Wei Lai heard this, he raised his eyebrows, looked at the old man and asked, "Mr. is here to be a lobbyist?"

"But Ningzhou is just a corner of the world, and it can't control the overall situation of the world, and Wei Lai is just a barbarian king, and he doesn't have the ability to help Mr. and His Majesty unify the northern territory and realize the grand cause, Mr. seems to have found the wrong person. ”

Lu Ze'an was not surprised at all by Wei Lai's reaction, and he continued to speak calmly: "Say something that makes Xiaoyou unhappy. ”

"Although Xiaoyou is the king of Ningzhou, and his own talent cultivation is also the only one I have seen in my life, but compared to Da Chu, Xiaoyou and Ningzhou are just slightly special ants in the ant colony. I told Xiaoyou this to let Xiaoyou understand what kind of decision is the right decision for me and Ningzhou. ”

"I want to save my friend's life. ”

Wei Lai stopped at that time, he looked at the old man and asked, "Why? Is it just because the gentleman thinks he is kind?"

Of course, Lu Ze'an is a smart person, and Wei Lai, who corresponds to this, is also very smart.

Smart people, especially when they realize that the other person is also smart, will have fewer twists and turns and unnecessary lies in their conversations.

At least that's how Wei Lai defines the conversation between the two.

He wanted to know the real reason for all this.

But Lu Ze'an's answer surprised Wei Lai, and the old man nodded lightly under Wei Lai's burning gaze, and said: "That's the case, I want to save Xiaoyou, it's because of that feeling." ”

Such a reason is absurd, so absurd that when someone says it as a serious reason, it is difficult to really doubt it.

Wei Lai was stunned for a few breaths when he heard this, and then shook his head with a wry smile: "The seniors love each other, but since the seniors have chosen to be honest with each other, the juniors are not good at being vain and wronged." ”

"Forgive the younger generation for being stubborn, and the kindness of the seniors may only be understood by the younger generation. ”

"Why?" asked Lu Ze'an.

"My father used to say that you should be merciful. ”

"Now although the north has the name of the nine countries, in fact, the other eight countries are all subjects of the Great Chu, if the Chu Emperor really wants to bless the people, there are ways to mediate the parties, although the process is not easy, but it is better than sending troops to the northern countries, resulting in the misery of life. ”

"Mr. also said that if you read a lot of books, you may not be able to learn great truths, but you have learned how to tell lies in a high-sounding manner. It's a good whitewash, and I see the ultimate lie. ”

"Zhou usurped Yu and stand, the country is not right, so the upward and downward effect, Yan usurped Zhou, and now the Zhou room is still breathing, like a lost dog. ”

"If Emperor Chu really has the mind to bless all the people, and wants to popularize the people with the way of benevolence, then if he wants to practice benevolent government, he must take the path of benevolence. ”

"Take the world with the law of soldiers, and then stick to the dynasty with benevolent government for thousands of years, although this idea is good, but the same is true for the past ten years or a hundred years, ten years or a hundred years of stability may be expected, but after all, one day after all, someone will rise up and cause chaos in the world. ”

"Because there are always people who will wonder why you Chu can rely on the benefits of the armor to obtain the position of the palace master of the world, and since I have the armor, why can't I replace it?"

"Da Chu wants the country to be long, so he can forcefully suppress the martial artists of all parties and prevent such a demon from being born, so if he does this, the way that Da Chu will do after unification will not be considered benevolent. ”

Saying this, Wei Lai paused again, looked up at the old man with a strange face after hearing these words, and said with a smile.

"Sir taught me to take a long-term view, but I think Mr. is still too short. ”

There is probably no one in this world who is qualified to preach to the old dean in front of him, at least before today, Lu Ze'an thought so, but someone did it today, and for a while, the old man couldn't find good words to refute the other party, he was a little stunned.

At this time, the young man next to him stopped and looked ahead, and said in a low tone: "This road has come to an end, and the gentleman has made a decision......

Lu Ze'an was stunned for a moment, looking up at the front, but at some point, the two had walked into a dead end with no way forward......